Football Matchtracker: Armagh V Galway

NFL Division 2 – ARMAGH 1-15 V 1-15 GALWAY – 2:30pm Athletic Grounds

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Laois 1-22 Derry 5-10 (FT)
Meath 1-11 Tyrone 1-17 (FT)

SECOND HALF

36min – Straight from the off Adrian Varley puts Galway into the lead
37min- Colm Watters levels it Galways lead shortlived
39min –Ethan Rafferty sent off for a second yellow card and the home side down to 14 men
39min – Armagh lead again Brendan Donaghy the scorer
41min – Galway have a man advantage but Armagh the team on top as they add another, Miceal McKenna on the mark
43min- Stefan Campbell continues to supply scores for Kieran McGeeney’s men
47min – Colm Watters gives Armagh a 4pt lead
49min – Changes for Galway Danny Cummins and Sean Denvir on
50min – Stefan Campbell fields a ball in the Galway box, Cathal Sweeney commits a foul, PENALTY and a yellow for Sweeney
51min – GOAL, Penalty dispatched and a 7pt lead now for Armagh
57min – Stefan Campbell with a free from the ground and Galway need a goal now with 8pts in it with 12min left
60min – Eddie Hoare ends the drought for Galway with a free
61min – The gap closes slightly with another Galway score fro Paul Conroy~
64min – Shane Walsh chips one over and all of a sudden Galway aren’t done Armagh only with 14 players
65min – Danny Cummins gets his first score since being introduced. 4pts in it
70min – Shane Walsh with a free from the ground and a goal needed now for Galway to salvage a point
70+2min – Red card for Armagh Aidan Forker off for dissent
70+4min – Chance for Galway is SAVED, flick from Comer and an excellent reaction from the Armagh goalkeeper
70+5min – GOAL Galway pull it out! Eddie Hoare with a goal and 1-15 a piece, remarkable and full credit to Galway for playing to the end

FULL TIME and so a Draw for both Galway sides today, turning around an 8pt deficit will feel better than a draw for Galway. Paul Conroy named the GBFM MOTM

FIRST HALF

2min – both sides open their account early Stefan Campbell and Eddie Hoare with a free
3min – goal chances for both sides but both are wide of the target.
6min -Stefan Campbell adds his 2nd of the day for the home side
8min – Campbell is the hot hand for Armagh with his 3rd score in the opening minutes
10min – Eddie Hoare recovers from an earlier missed free to add his second of the day
20min – Things have gotten better for Armagh Stefan Campbell up to 6 for the day already and causing huge problems, has had two different markers so far and still causing difficulty in Galway’s defence
21min – Damien Comer with a hard fought point halts the Armagh run of unanswered points
31min – Three is a row from Galway Damien Comer, Eddie Hoare and Shane Walsh from a narrow angle have pulled Galway right back into the game from 0-7 to 0-3 it is 0-8 to 0-7 with 5min left til the break
34min – Stefan Campbell with a free maintaining the Armagh advantage
35min – Damien Comer and Gary Sice with a free pull Galway level

HT 0-9 to 0-9

Galway Team

1. Maghnus Breathnach (An Spidéal)
2. David Wynne (Maigh Cuilinn)
3. Declan Kyne (Clonbur)
Cathal Sweeney (Killannin)
5. Liam Silke (Corofin)
6. Gary O’Donnell (Tuam Stars – captain)
7. Johnny Heaney (Killannin)
Finotain O Curraoin (Micheal Breathneachs)
9. Paul Conroy (St. James’)
10. Tom Flynn (Athenry)
11. Eddie Hoare (St. Michael’s)
Gary Sice (Corofin)
13. Shane Walsh (Kilkerrin/Clonberne)
14. Adrian Varley (Cortoon Shamrocks)
15. Damien Comer (Annaghdown)

Armagh Team

1. Mathew McNeice
2. Sean Connell
3. Charlie Vernon
4. Shea Heffron
5. Mark Shields
6. Ciaran McKeever (captain)
7. Stephen Sheridan
8. Aaron Findon
9. Ethan Rafferty
10. Stefan Campbell
11. Miceal McKenna
12. Aidan Forker
13. Colm Watters
14. Ciaran O’Hanlon
15. Tony Kernan